Friday, January 11, 2008

I came across this from an email my mom forwarded me. I thought it was pretty interesting. Here it is...Toronto's Smallest House on Sale.

It occupies what used to be a driveway. One bedroom, one bathroom house that sits in between two houses and is just under 300 square feet. Original asking price was a whopping $179,000 (canadian dollars) !! Which at this point is about 1:1 with the US Dollar.

The house was built in 1912. The owner had some offers but they fell through and it was relisted for $173,000 CAD.

Dwarfed between two larger homes, the detached bungalow was bought in the spring of 2006 for $139,000 CAD and totally renovated inside and out, including a new decorative window for its gabled roof, hardwood floors, new cabinetry, appliances, a stone walkway and gardens. This was the owner's "flip" project." Although I personally don't see how he could have made money on this making all of these changes when he bought it for $139,000 to begin with...

The house was originally built by a contractor where he lived in it for 20 years.

20 comments:

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Hi!

This is coming from Heather but I don't really know how to "sign-in" or "sign-up" for blogging. Funny little house - I don't know about you but even in the pictures I feel like I have to hold my breath and walk on tip-toes because its so narrow. Although the place has nice renovations, I would feel claustrophobic and get cabin fever in a matter of minutes.

Impressive that there's even a washer & dryer though and I like the front of the house. Where's the bathroom? Interiors could use some paint however and the "backyard" could use some potted shrubbery. I think if anyone wants to live in such a small unique place, the interiors should also be equipped with the quaint and unusual.

Just my thoughts...

P.S. I really like the header picture of your living room - looks really professional.

I live in a quite small house but I never thought that "smaller houses" existed?

But I mean who lives there? The seven dwarves? ^^ It's waay too cute and classy for dwarves! I could seriously live there since I'm quite petite. I don't need big spaces ( exception though! --> the bathroom +wardrobe ).

It's even practical, if you get home after a party and you're totally pissed, at least you don't get lost in your own house right? SO COOL! ( Trust me.. I know friends that experienced that confusing and awkward moment)

Anyhooo, I'm happy you enjoyed the pictures from Paris, even I'm quite disappointed I couldn't stay longer to practice more my photography skills. But no stress, because I'm going back in Feb, it's only 4 hours drive. So make sure you come back on my blog to check the pics yeah?

I can't imagine. I agree with the first anon. The house should have some very unique and quaint interior features to make it worth the discomfort. The inside could be any standard small apartment. The outside is adorable though!:)

ha! i think the word claustrophobic is bigger than the house itself :) there is a house here in my town that is similar i will have to get a pic and post, although the one i see in town has the illusion of being bigger!

It is so much fun reading everyone's comments and thoughts on this place. I have admit that this is definitely a smaller place then where I lived in Hong Kong but in North America it would deinitely be a squeeze to live in. I never thought of it as a guest cottage to one of the homes besiede it but it really would work out well that way wouldn't it?What surprised me most was the small backyard which you wouldn't think a house like this would have.

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